The Business Of Joomla - Are we making progress? - Joomla! Forum - community, help and support

i threw out message on twitter today regarding joomla development. framed complaint , didn't qualify (hard in 140 characters). andrew eddie kindly took time out promptly reply , short conversation went there.

we touched on ideas wanted float community , andrew's permission have pieced our twitter conversation.

feel free chime in. thread won't trolled oblivion

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quadbox said:
it's been more 4 years since joomla 1.0. upcoming joomla 1.6 looks great project moves slowly. love affair over.

andrew eddie said:
how speed #joomla project up?

quadbox said:
hi mate. not dig @ or team. you're 1 of committed open source devs around feels long between drinks. 0.6 upgrade in 4 years doesn't scream progress though under hood there's been major developments. it's hard me sell joomla bigger clients. sorry verbal blurt.

andrew eddie said:
no offense taken makes hard sell bigger clients (and how big talking)?

quadbox said:
cool mate. state government. pushed couple of joomla sites out vic gov agencies go bigger needed more oompf. new access features, etc great , necessary enterprise projects we're still coming bit short. worry leaving client w/what *appears* stale app... hate compare drupal (apple/orange), it's easier sell.

andrew eddie said:
qld state gov't loves #joomla - talk me next time
it's not stale. 1.5 actively maintained major ext'ns in community. need change way sell

quadbox said:
you've got distinct advantages pitching qld gov. 1. you're andrew eddie - mitigates risk of implementing joomla. 2. work there - mitigates risk. of without advantages, need #joomla sell little harder.
marketing , open source traditionally don't play together. it's interesting puzzle - 1 i've not solved.

andrew eddie said:
yep, lot of ground can cover.

why don't start why customers think it's "stale"? or put way, expectations "fresh"? expectations realistic?